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Foreign registration · no form number

Texas Corporation Foreign Registration in New Jersey

To do business in New Jersey, a corporation formed in Texas registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $100 in state fees. New Jersey also wants Texas's Certificate of Fact - Status ($15). We file it with the Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury from your Texas records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

Texas and New Jersey side by side

	Texas formed here	New Jersey registering here
Document	Texas Certificate of Fact - Status	Public Records Filing for New Business Entity (foreign authorization) (no form number)
State fee	$15	$100 at order
How it is handled	Texas: online through SOSPortal, usually within 10 minutes, as a download link that lasts 90 days	Filed online with New Jersey
Office	Texas Secretary of State	New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury
Official page	sos.state.tx.us	njportal.com
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Yearly filing	Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report, no fee, every year	Annual Report, $75, every year
Due	May 15 each year	Last day of the anniversary month of authorization to transact business in NJ
Agent	Your Texas registered agent	Our New Jersey registered agent

How Texas companies register with New Jersey

Order the Texas certificate
The Certificate of Fact - Status ($15) is ordered from Texas separately; it is not part of our New Jersey order. New Jersey wants the Texas certificate current, so it is ordered close to the filing date.
We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your New Jersey registered agent, next to your Texas name and formation date, with the certificate attached. Texas issues the certificate instantly, so the New Jersey filing can go in the same day. Once New Jersey approves it, the Texas company can do business there.

New Jersey costs for Texas companies

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$100
Certificate of Fact - Status, paid to Texas	$15
Our service, with a year of New Jersey registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Texas certificate included	$314

Your Texas name and New Jersey's rules

If New Jersey's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Texas company. We search New Jersey's records for Texas's name on file before anything is filed.

Your New Jersey agent and the Texas one

Texas and New Jersey both call it a registered agent. New Jersey papers come to us; Texas's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: New Jersey and Texas

Each year your corporation files Texas's Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report (no fee) and New Jersey's Annual Report ($75). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Texas plus New Jersey comes to $224 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Texas to New Jersey

An LLC formed in Texas files its own registration with New Jersey ($100 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Fact - Status ($15)). After that come Texas's Public Information Report + Franchise Tax Report and New Jersey's Annual Report ($75). See the LLC filing.

Registering a New Jersey company in Texas

A corporation formed in New Jersey that registers with Texas files Form 301 with $767.13 in state fees and a $50 required expedite. See that filing.

Common questions: Texas to New Jersey

Does my Texas company need to register in New Jersey?

Yes, once a Texas business operates there; New Jersey registers it as a foreign corporation.

Is this a certificate of authority?

New Jersey calls it registration for Texas corporations; other states say certificate of authority.

How much does it cost to register a Texas corporation in New Jersey?

$299 at checkout plus $15 to Texas for the Certificate of Fact - Status, $314 in all (checkout is $100 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Texas's certificate of good standing?

Yes: New Jersey wants Texas's Certificate of Fact - Status ($15), current at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Texas and New Jersey?

$224 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, nothing to Texas and $75 to New Jersey for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with New Jersey?

New Jersey can charge a Texas company a civil penalty of up to $1,000 and a fine of at least $200.

Does New Jersey require a registered agent?

Yes: the Texas registered agent stays, and ours covers New Jersey for year one.

Will New Jersey accept my Texas name?

Yes, if no company there has it; if one does, it uses an alternate name there and keeps its Texas name at home.

Can I form a new New Jersey corporation instead?

Yes, but Texas keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files New Jersey's Annual Report ($75), and the original keeps Texas's yearly report.

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